The Return of the Vampire [Blu-ray]

Director: Lew Landers Lew Landers

Overview

He looks like Dracula, talks like Dracula and dresses like Dracula; but since the movie rights to Dracula were controlled by Universal, Bela Lugosi's character name is Armand Tesla in Columbia's Return of the Vampire. Bringing the Old Legend up to date, the film contrives to have the blood-sucking Tesla rise from his coffin when his tomb is blasted open during the London Blitz. Making up for lost time (he's been interred since WW1), Tesla enlists the aid of talking werewolf Andreas (Matt Willis), who brings him provisions and seeks out new victims. The next soft white neck on Tesla's list belongs to the lovely Nicki Saunders (Nina Foch), but not if Lady Jane Ainsley (Frieda Inescort), who knows what the mysterious stranger is really up to, has anything to say about it. Incidentally, the girl playing Tesla's victim in the opening credits is an unbilled Jeanne Bates.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/19/2019
UPC:	0826663195569
Original Release:	1943
Rating:	NR
Source:	Shout Factory
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:10:00
Sales rank:	16,132

Special Features

New Commentary wiht Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin; New Commentary with Author/Film Historian Gary Don Rhodes; New Commentary with Film Historian Troy Howarth; Theatrical Trailer; Still Gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bela Lugosi	Armand Tesla
Matt Willis	Andreas Obry
Nina Foch	Nicki Saunders
Roland Varno	John Ainsley
Frieda Inescort	Lady Jane
Miles Mander	Sir Frederick Fleet
Ottola Nesmith	Elsa
Gilbert Emery	Professor Saunders
Leslie Denison	Lynch
Jeanne Bates	Miss Norcutt (uncredited)
Sherlee Collier	Nicki as a child (uncredited)
Donald Dewar	John as a Child (uncredited)
Billy Bevan	Horace - Civil Defense Worker (uncredited)
George McKay	Cemetery Caretaker (uncredited)
William Austin	Actor

Technical Credits

Griffin Jay

Randall Faye

Lew Landers	Director
Griffin Jay	Screenwriter
Sam White	Producer
Randall Faye	Screenwriter